Similar to other lens implant procedures, you can expect your vision to be good the day following surgery. Often patients are 20/40 or better the next day and can usually drive with in a couple days. Your vision will continue to improve dramatically over the next week until you can see clearly at all ranges.
For most patients, near vision is good the next day, and improves over the following week. Clinical data suggests that results are best when both eyes have ReSTOR lenses implanted.
The results are very good. After having ReSTOR lenses implanted, 80% of patients say they never wear glasses. Nearly 94% said they would have the lens again. Some patients may need a little correction for computer work, but can usually work on a laptop without glasses.
Anyone who has a normal eye exam and is dependent on reading glasses or bifocals may be a candidate. Although ReSTOR lenses are a breakthrough technology initially approved for cataract patients with or without Presbyopia, it is not necessary to need cataract surgery to qualify for the ReSTOR lens, just a desire to restore eyesight at a range of distances without corrective eyewear.
There are no known contraindications. However, based on the FDA clinical trials, Alcon, the lens manufacturer, has indicated the following types of patients possibly should not have the AcrySof ReSTOR Apodized Diffractive IOL:
March 21, 2005. It has been approved for use in Europe since April 4, 2003.
During clinical trials, over 566 people had the ReSTOR lens implanted. However, ReSTOR is the same type of lens implant and has the same type of material that has been used in cataract surgery for nearly 20 years.
The greatest risk is infection, which is very rare. Patients receive several days of pre-operative antibiotics to minimize this risk. Statistically the amount of risk for the ReSTOR lens implant procedure is not much different from LASIK Surgery. Lens implant surgery is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the U.S.
Once the natural lens is removed, it cannot be replaced. However, if one is over 40 and dependent on reading glasses or bifocal the lens is already not normal. It has lost its accommodation ability. If the patient desires, the ReSTOR lens implant can be removed and replaced. In the US arm of the FDA clinical trails no ReSTOR patient has requested removal of the lens. The only medical indication for lens replacement is if the lens power needs to be changed to help distance vision.
The ReSTOR lens is like two lenses in one. One refractive lens is for distance, and the other one, a diffractive lens, is for near. ReSTOR is not dependent on the movement of the lens but has a unique Apodized Diffractive optic that is new to IOL design. The optical design of the lens distributes light between near vision and distant vision to accommodate vision at a range of distances.
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